At last! The ongoing project of 5 years is complete! UPDATE: Pictures

General Knitting
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:woot: Guess what my parents brought me home last night? :smiley: A Shep. A Shep the Sheep actaully (A joke - sheep bothers me. Itā€™s both plural and singular, so NOWā€¦ a single is a Shep and plural is Sheep).

:woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot:

I am so happy!!! We arenā€™t quite sure what breed he is, but he has such soft fuzz! Heā€™s about 8 months old they think (rescued animal and then puppy for lamb trade). Heā€™s never been shornā€¦ My momā€™s best friend is going to teach me how to do that.

I am soooo excited!!

(Twas slightly humorousā€¦ Mom and Dad were play (fake) betting each other what I would say when I saw Shep. Mom said ā€œLook at how much yarn that is!!!ā€ ā€œLook at the staple length!ā€ ā€œDo you see all those gloves?!?ā€ ā€œdo you feel how silky soft he is?ā€ :roflhard: And Dad said, ā€œThe first thing she says is going to be about the fleece.ā€ So when they pulled in the drive way, I ran up to them and started undoing straps and tie downs to get his cage open. I saw him and pulled him out of the cageā€¦ (Oh, he is a bottle baby and SO friendly!!! :D) and I just stood there, staring for a moment. LOL It was a ā€œoh wowā€ moment. At which point I started rubbing his fur, nay, my fiber evil laugh and thought to myself ā€œWhat a beautiful sheep! What a GORGEOUS fleece!!ā€ I guess I repeated the last part again because dad just started laughing. When I got him out in the barn and finally stopped touching him, I went inside (please note that it was 28* last night with a wind that knocked you around. And mom was kinda mad cuz I was out there in a thin sweaterā€¦ And um, I didnā€™t have a hat or gloves onā€¦ :shifty: ) and mom started cracking up, and listing all the things I had thought or said, and all of them were true except the staple length. But I :aww: have to admit I did try to figure out how you could measure staple length without removing any fuzz. LOL Oh yeah, he is this gorgeous cream white!! His face is brown/black but the rest of his body is creamy white. :smiley:

And now you have heard more than you EVER wanted to know about Shep. :smiley:

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Congrats on your new pet sheep! Or how aboutā€¦ sheeplet? lol.

Iā€™ve thought about getting one myself, if only for the lawn-mowing potential. Maybe later on.

So glad you love your little sheplet! Enjoy and let us know how it is working with your new petā€™s wool.

Again, congratulations.

Dot

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So glad you love your little sheplet! Enjoy and let us know how it is working with your new petā€™s wool.

LOL Yeah, I will! I am going to take pictures soon. :smiley: Iā€™ll post them on here.

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How totally exciting! I always wanted one from the time a neighborā€™s daughter had one for a 4H project. His name was Henry and oh how soft he was. I envy you and YES, please post photos!

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:yay:

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Thatā€™s really cool !
Please post pictures and let us know when you sheer him how it goes. I guess Iā€™m kind of a lazy knitter. I love my animal fibers, but prefer to buy mine from the farm already in hanks. I have soooo many hobbies I would have to move the hubby out to move the spinning wheel etc in.

Enjoy the new Sheepy.

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Isnā€™t he cute?!?! :smiley:

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Yes, he is! Thanks for sharing these photos!

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:smiley: You are welcome!!

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Kewl

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Heā€™s GORGEOUS !!:cheering: :woohoo: :woot: :yay: :happydance:

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[COLOR=ā€œDarkOrchidā€]I used to hang around with goats a lot when I was a kid. Iā€™ve never seen a sheep up close so I envy you your lovely fellow!
Sweet and useful in so many ways!
Congratulations!
TEMA:woohoo: [/COLOR]

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Thanks everyone!!!

TEMA, I have 4 goats of my own. :slight_smile: All togather my family has 7 goats. None are angora unfortanatlyā€¦ LOL I also have a sweet part angora bunny and a lion head, in which I am attempting to make a better fuzz bunny. :smiley:

Does anyone have any idea what kind he might be?

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Looks like a ā€œMittensus Sweatoriusā€ to me! :roflhard: or maybe a ā€œLongfleeceus Knitoriusā€ orā€¦

Heā€™s whatever YOU say he is! What a great acquisition for your stash! Although most of us donā€™t have to feed and water items in our stashes, we also donā€™t get to have such a cute ā€œshepā€ around either.

So enjoy, and thanks for sharing the pics and story!

Happy knitting!

Ruthie :waving:

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What a cutie!!! Congrats on your new sheep. I can only imagine how excited you were when you got him. Love the picsā€™

Keep us posted on how it all goes. Congrats again

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:roflhard: @ Ruthie!!! :teehee:

Thanks Teachermom!

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Awww heā€™s very sweet looking! :slight_smile:

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:roflhard:

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Oh heā€™s adorable! :heart: Iā€™m glad to hear he will have a good home. sounds like the first part of his life was rough.

We had 4 goats total, all passed now. I miss those sweet faces.
Have fun with Shep.:slight_smile:

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neato!